BUFFALO, NY / ACCESSWIRE / March 28, 2018 / Cleveland BioLabs, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBLI) today reported that the company has received Day 120 review questions from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) regarding the company's Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) for entolimod. The MAA seeks approval of entolimod for reducing the risk of death following exposure to potentially lethal irradiation. The company also received a formal notification from the EMA that responses should be submitted to the agency by September 14, 2018.
Yakov Kogan, Ph.D., MBA, Chief Executive Officer, stated, "The pursuit of regulatory approvals by the FDA and EMA and commercialization for entolimod as a medical radiation countermeasure are continuing to be the company's most important priorities and goals. Receipt of Day 120 questions from the EMA was the expected next step in this process in Europe. Consistent with the FDA review of the company's pre-Emergency Use Authorization (pre-EUA) application, several of the EMA Day 120 review questions focused on the comparability between the entolimod formulation used in prior safety and efficacy studies and the formulation proposed for commercialization. Other Day 120 questions from the EMA are generally similar to those discussed in the past with the FDA, and include questions on validation of various aspects of manufacturing, the animal-to-human dose-conversion strategy, and the human safety database."
"As previously reported, an in-vivo biocomparability study in non-human primates to address the comparability questions is ongoing," added Dr. Kogan. "Analyses of the specimens and data collected during this study will allow discussion of these results in our response to the EMA Day 120 review questions, which the company expects to submit to the EMA by August 31, 2018."
About Cleveland BioLabs
Cleveland BioLabs, Inc. is an innovative biopharmaceutical company developing novel approaches to activate the immune system and address serious medical needs. The company's proprietary platform of Toll-like immune receptor activators has applications in radiation mitigation, oncology immunotherapy, and vaccines. The company's most advanced product candidate is entolimod, which is being developed for use as a medical radiation countermeasure for a biodefense indication. The company conducts business in the United States and in the Russian Federation through a wholly-owned subsidiary, BioLab 612, LLC and a joint venture with Joint Stock Company RUSNANO, Panacela Labs, Inc. The company maintains strategic relationships with the Cleveland Clinic and Roswell Park Cancer Institute. To learn more about Cleveland BioLabs, Inc., please visit the company's website at http://www.cbiolabs.com.
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Contact:
Yakov Kogan, Chief Executive Officer
Cleveland BioLabs, Inc.
T: (716) 849-6810 ext. 364
E: yakov@cbiolabs.com
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